# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Duplicate user messages after history hydration fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where user messages containing file or other wire references appear duplicated in the desktop client after chat history is loaded. The fixes extend deduplication logic to cover all wire reference types, not just images.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #77653. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #77653 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #75731: Desktop: user message with @file: attachment rendered twice after history hydration

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#77653: fix(desktop): dedupe optimistic user turns for all wire references (salvage #75733)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/reference-kinds.ts`
- **#75733: fix(desktop): dedupe optimistic user turns for all wire references, not only images**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77653`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #77653 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-03`.